Thai pastors

Kennedy has been all over the tsunami-hit areas talking to the Thai pastors working there. He has been meeting with other Thai pastors in the area as well, in about a 100 km radius from where we are here in the city of Phang Nga. It has been very interesting to listen to him debrief each interview, and hear how they answered his questions. We have been learning so much and it will help us tremendously as we plan our own future here. Thais don't think the same as westerners, and throughout all the interviews of the past months, we have been struck again and again at just how difficult it is to be a pastor in Thailand, & hardest of all, to be a Thai pastor in Thailand. The expectations are overwhelming, and many pastors leave because of the intense criticism from their own flock. We are seeing the great need to encourage these pastors whose culture demands so much from them.